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amtrak has scrapped nearly all it rail service for the east coast, as well. hurricane sandy is also impacting operations of wall street banks. goldman sachs will keep it office open, but only for critical employees. other employees will work from home or other offices. jp more pchlt mpmorgan is closin low lying areas. citigroup will operate its backup trading floor today in new jersey. it's interesting to wonder who is considered essential versus nonessential. in any case, president obama and mitt romney have canceled campaign events today due to hurricane sandy, this only eight days left before the presidential election with polls showing an extremely tight race. joining us now for more is columnist and blger f blogger a contributor. james, thank you for getting up this morning. and you mentioned even just getting to the office, you are already seeing the rain. >> i have to admit that as i was coming in, i was -- even though i love cnbc and i love this show, i was regretting it just a little bit as the rain was heavier than expected and as soon as i'm done,
amtrak has scrapped nearly all it rail service for the east coast, as well. hurricane sandy is also impacting operations of wall street banks. goldman sachs will keep it office open, but only for critical employees. other employees will work from home or other offices. jp more pchlt mpmorgan is closin low lying areas. citigroup will operate its backup trading floor today in new jersey. it's interesting to wonder who is considered essential versus nonessential. in any case, president obama and...
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so we laid out the view from the insurers and amtrak. we'll check in with con ed and get some more clarity on that incredible transformer explosion in manhattan last night. back in a minute. [ male announcer ] this is steve. he loves risk. but whether he's climbing everest, scuba diving the great barrier reef with sharks, or jumping into the market, he goes with people he trusts, which is why he trades with a company that doesn't nickel and dime him with hidden fees. so he can worry about other things, like what the market is doing and being ready, no matter what happens, which isn't rocket science. it's just common sense, from td ameritrade. which isn't rocket science. wooohooo....hahaahahaha! oh...there you go. wooohooo....hahaahahaha! i'm gonna stand up to her! no you're not. i know. you know ronny folks who save hundreds of dollars switching to geico sure are happy. how happy are they jimmy? happier than a witch in a broom factory. get happy. get geico. fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more. we don't call this our co
so we laid out the view from the insurers and amtrak. we'll check in with con ed and get some more clarity on that incredible transformer explosion in manhattan last night. back in a minute. [ male announcer ] this is steve. he loves risk. but whether he's climbing everest, scuba diving the great barrier reef with sharks, or jumping into the market, he goes with people he trusts, which is why he trades with a company that doesn't nickel and dime him with hidden fees. so he can worry about other...
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amtrak closing northeast service tomorrow. the fdr in new york city is under water in many parts, which means it's effectively closed. more than 12,000 flights have already been canceled. phil lebeau will continue to update us on that number. and this number especially, a moving target. current reports put more than 330,000 customers without power in seven states. right now new jersey does have the majority of those outages and more than 167,000. kon con edison is making robo calls noting they may be preemptively shutting down power in some areas. that map shows you what could likely be to come. as far as business closures, macy's has closed 130 locations, broadway shows remain dark, starbucks closed a number of stores. that's what you know it's serious. fedex canceling deliveries in many areas. capital one bank locations are closed. that's just a few because we certainly could not give you everything that's closed. you might just want to stay? >> thanks very much. >>> will this devastating storm have an impablgt on our alread
amtrak closing northeast service tomorrow. the fdr in new york city is under water in many parts, which means it's effectively closed. more than 12,000 flights have already been canceled. phil lebeau will continue to update us on that number. and this number especially, a moving target. current reports put more than 330,000 customers without power in seven states. right now new jersey does have the majority of those outages and more than 167,000. kon con edison is making robo calls noting they...
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you may as well say i checked with amtrak food service and they didn't notice that it was 9/11 and didn't notice that there were shoulder-held rockets. >> how about this, ann? where's osama bin laden? where is he, and where was he after eight years of the bush administration? >> what difference does it make? our ambassador is dead. >> this president has had more foreign policy success. he got us out of iraq. promised to do exactly what he did running for president. osama bin laden isn't threatening america anymore. yeah, he is. >> al qaeda is. this is -- what happened in the last month proves what an idiotic talking point osama is dead is. liberals made fun of george bush for saying i don't think that much about osama bin laden because there are a lot of terrorist and jihadists outfits. our ambassador is dead, too. >> go ahead, michael steele. >> just two quick points, two quick points. can you only kill osama bin laden so many times, number one. number two, fine. if i take everything that steve just said and wrap it up in a nice bow, it still doesn't give me a picture of what the middle
you may as well say i checked with amtrak food service and they didn't notice that it was 9/11 and didn't notice that there were shoulder-held rockets. >> how about this, ann? where's osama bin laden? where is he, and where was he after eight years of the bush administration? >> what difference does it make? our ambassador is dead. >> this president has had more foreign policy success. he got us out of iraq. promised to do exactly what he did running for president. osama bin...
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we have no amtrak service to speak of up here. all the major airports, dulles, bwi, reagan national, all flights are cancelled going forward. we're also looking at some of the more compelling images around here in the nation's capital. arlington national cemetery, of course, closed, but we did get these images of the tomb of the unknowns, the soldiers walking their post always as scheduled during the day, earlier today. now out there in an enclosed shelter, as we speak. one other casualty here in the d.c. area, we've had early voting in maryland and d.c. cancelled today and again tomorrow. michelle and bill, back to you. >> all right. thank you very much, hampton. scott cohn, our correspondent in lower manhattan, has just been hit with the storm surge. this is the area around the new york stock exchange. he joins us on the phone. scott, how bad is the flooding. >> michelle, it's pretty bad in the tip of manhattan. when we spoke to you, we were in battery park. we knew we were taking a calculated risk but did not expect the water t
we have no amtrak service to speak of up here. all the major airports, dulles, bwi, reagan national, all flights are cancelled going forward. we're also looking at some of the more compelling images around here in the nation's capital. arlington national cemetery, of course, closed, but we did get these images of the tomb of the unknowns, the soldiers walking their post always as scheduled during the day, earlier today. now out there in an enclosed shelter, as we speak. one other casualty here...
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airlines canceling flights, bridges and tunnels closing and amtrak canceling travel along the east coast. phil, we know this has been a huge issue. what does it look like today in terms of what the airlines are doing. >> they've canceled pretty much anything on the east coast at least in the northeast. anything north of washington, becky. the network morning operations meeting is taking place right now. they're assessing where they are and what they're going to do over the next couple of days. when we've been here over the last day and a half, what we've noticed is they have drawn down their system. in fact, they have canceled a total of 2,100 flights when you count yesterday through tomorrow morning and they'll make a decision about when they start to bring back flights. delta says 60,000 people have had flights canceled. delta is parking its planes at hubs around the world and assessing when these airports on the east coast will be safe enough for them to start operating again. >> make sure that we don't put any aircraft or people in there overnight to put them in harm's way so that we
airlines canceling flights, bridges and tunnels closing and amtrak canceling travel along the east coast. phil, we know this has been a huge issue. what does it look like today in terms of what the airlines are doing. >> they've canceled pretty much anything on the east coast at least in the northeast. anything north of washington, becky. the network morning operations meeting is taking place right now. they're assessing where they are and what they're going to do over the next couple of...